Appeal No. 1997-0601 Application 08/161,878 conventional package with a heat sink and encapsulant and leads extending therefrom, as illustrated by Schovanec for thyristor devices.” Appellants have not argued these claims separately, having elected to group them with claim 1 above. Therefore, we sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 12 to 14 over Ohta and Schovanec. In summary, we have sustained the rejections of claims 1 to 6 and 12 to 16. Accordingly, we affirm. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) KENNETH W. HAIRSTON ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) PARSHOTAM S. LALL ) -13-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007